Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Utilities and Gas & Water sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.58%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Safran SA (PARIS:SAF), which rose 10.04% or 6.16 points to trade at 67.51 at the close. Meanwhile, Legrand SA (PARIS:LEGD) added 7.16% or 3.73 points to end at 55.80 and Alcatel Lucent SA (PARIS:ALUA) was up 5.64% or 0.184 points to 3.446 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Renault SA (PARIS:RENA), which fell 7.99% or 7.22 points to trade at 83.13 at the close. Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) declined 3.98% or 0.75 points to end at 18.11 and Orange SA (PARIS:ORAN) was down 2.60% or 0.40 points to 15.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Safran SA (PARIS:SAF) which rose 10.04% to 67.51, Legrand SA (PARIS:LEGD) which was up 7.16% to settle at 55.80 and Ingenico Group (PARIS:INGC) which gained 6.45% to close at 116.30.
The worst performers were Coface (PARIS:COFA) which was down 21.00% to 9.14 in late trade, Elis Services SA (PARIS:ELIS) which lost 13.74% to settle at 15.76 and Aperam (AMS:APAM) which was down 11.80% to 33.78 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 426 to 391 and 53 ended unchanged.
Shares in Legrand SA (PARIS:LEGD) rose to all time highs; rising 7.16% or 3.73 to 55.80. Shares in Coface (PARIS:COFA) fell to all time lows; falling 21.00% or 2.43 to 9.14. Shares in Legrand SA (PARIS:LEGD) rose to all time highs; rising 7.16% or 3.73 to 55.80.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.62% to 18.98.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.40% or 4.40 to $1088.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $48.78 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.16% or 0.09 to trade at $53.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.77% to 1.0899, while EUR/GBP fell 0.58% to 0.7001.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.65% at 97.86.